I was trying to see if ti was possible to get print in reverse order, or better yet, software print double sided from gedit. Somehow I managed to get the dpkg into an unstable state where I can neither remove nor install the lpr package from Brother. So I tried running dselect to see if there were some more useful options through the gui, and now it won&#39;t install any NEW packages either.<br clear="all">

<br><br>  The error message when trying to remove it is:<br>mike@mike-Satellite-P505:~/Downloads/brother_mfc5490cn$ sudo dpkg --force-all -r mfc5490cnlpr<br>dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:<br> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should<br>

 reinstall it before attempting a removal.<br>(Reading database ... 351489 files and directories currently installed.)<br>Removing mfc5490cnlpr ...<br>start: Unknown job: lpd<br>dpkg: error processing mfc5490cnlpr (--remove):<br>

 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1<br>Errors were encountered while processing:<br> mfc5490cnlpr<br><br><br>I am running out of ideas on how to manually remove the remaining files and start again, force removal, or force re-install, as none of these has worked so far. And of course I no longer have printer access.<br>

<br>Any suggestions? Where do I find or create a more detailed error log to see what can be fixed or changed manually?<br><br>Mike<br>-- <br>But he lives on in a Horcrux named Siri<br><br>